Winner of the 2017 Tony Award for Best Musical
“
Dear Evan Hansen
lodges in your head long after you’ve seen it or heard it or read it. It feels like a pure expression from young writers at a crossroad of coming to terms with who they are and what they want to say about the world. Its honesty and truths haunt and ultimately open us up to ask the same question, no matter what our age or crossroad: What are the lies we tell ourselves?” –James Lapine (from the Foreword)
A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed could be his. Evan Hansen is about to get the one thing he’s always wanted: a chance to belong. Deeply personal and profoundly universal,
is a groundbreaking American musical about truth, fiction, and the price we’re willing to pay for the possibility to connect.
*This publication includes the book and lyrics to the musical, as well as a foreword by James Lapine. Please note that it does not include the musical score.*
Steven Levenson
is the book writer for
. His plays
include If I Forget
,
The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin
Core Values
The Language of Trees
, and
Seven Minutes in Heaven
. A graduate of Brown University, he served for three seasons as a writer and producer on Showtime’s
Master of Sex
.
Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
are the song-writing team behind
. Previous musicals include
A Christmas Story: The Musical
Dogfight
James and the Giant Peach
Edges.
Their film projects include
La La Land
(for which they won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “City of Stars,” with composer Justin Hurwitz),
Trolls
Snow White
The Greatest Showman
. Their television credits include
The Flash
Smash
Johnny and the Sprites
. Both are graduates of the Universityof Michigan Musical Theatre Program and members of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.